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“People are quite upset about it,” he said. “It just seems so stupid they are making it two-hourly.

“There’s a lot of elderly people that use the service. It’s going to make things harder and will put people off going to the centre at all or make people go in their cars.

“People are really angry. It seems quite ridiculous, who’s going to use that service. If it’s late or you miss one, you’re going to have to wait two hours.”

The issue was brought up at a recent Harston Parish Council meeting after a resident wrote to the clerk regarding the proposals.

Minutes from the meeting said councillors noted with rising levels of congestion, the use of public transport was being advocated.

The meeting also heard that District Councillor Janet Lockwood had written to Stagecoach and been advised this decision had been taken as a result of low passenger numbers and level of use but the “situation would continue to be monitored”.